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W. S. LIVENGOOD.

WIRE SUPPORTING REEL.

No. 473,160. Patented Apr. 19, 1892.

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WINFIELD s. LIVENGOOD, on KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, Assicnoa TO JOHN A. DUNCAN AND WILLIAM MASTERS, on SAME PLACE.

WIRE-SUPPORTING REEL.

SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters Patent No. 473,160, dated April 19, 1892.

Application filed June 22, 1891. Serial No. 397,081. (No model.)

To alZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. LIVEN- GOOD, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire- Supporting Reels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

II) My invention relates to an adjustable wiresupporting reel; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective of my improved reel. Fig. II is a side elevation showing a coil of wire in position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the legs or base, to which is secured a standard 2, preferably made of a section of gas-pipe.

2o 3 and 4 represent sleeves fitting loosely on the standard 2, in order that they may slide freely either up or down upon the same. 5 and Grepresent radial wings on the sleeves 3 and 4, respectively.

2 5 7 represents diverging arms pivoted at 8 to the wings 5 on the lower sleeve 3, said arms being pivoted near their upper ends, as shown at 9, to outwardly-extending arms 10. The arms 10 are pivoted at their inner ends, as

shown at 11, to the wings 6 on the upper sleeve 4.

2 represents shoulders on the arms 10, against which the arms 7 come in contact, as shown at 13, when they have been forced outward to a certain degree.

14 represents extensions of the arms 10, ex-

tending beyond the point of connection with the arms 7, said extensions being for the purpose of supporting the coil of wire, they hav- 4o ing concave portions 15, in which the wire rests.

16 represents extensions of the arms 7, extendingabo've the point of connection between said arms and the arms 10. Said extensions which the sleeve 3 rests.

lar up or down and securing it at any desired point bya set-screw 18 the arms 7 and 10 can be raised or lowered and secured at any point, according to the height at which it is desired to have the coil of wire. In placing a coil of wire 19 on the reel the arms 7 and 10 and the sleeve 4 are pressed into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.1I. Then as the weight of the wires rests on the arms 10 the device 69 will be forced into the position shown in full lines, adapting itself to the size of coil used and'firmly holding the same. As the wire is being unwound the sleeves, arms, and coil turn around the standard 2. Shouldastrand of wire slip off of one of the extensions 14 as the coil is being unwound, the same will not become tangled in any part of the reel and the operation will not be interrupted in the slightest degree. If desired, in shipping, &c., the sleeves and arms can be readily raised up and detached from the standard.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a wire-supporting reel, the combination of a suitable standard and two series of arms pivoted together and having pivotal connection with said standard, one series having their outer portions adapted to rest below the wire coil and the other series having their upper portions adapted to press against the inner side of the wire coil, whereby the arms are adapted to automatically accommodate the size of the wire coil, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wire-supporting reel, the combination of a suitable standard, sleeves on said standard, and wire-coil-supporting arms pivoted to said sleeves and to each other about at the center of one arm and near the upper free end of the other arm, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a wire-supporting reel, the combination of the base 1, standard 2, secured to the base, sleeves 3 and 4 on said standard, said sleeves having a free vertical movement on the standard, and arms 7 and 10, pivoted to the sleeves, respectively, and to each other, the arms 10 having shoulders near their pivotal points engaged by the arms 7, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a wire-supporting reel, the combination of the base 1, standard 2, sleeves 3 and 4 on the standard, wings 5 and 6 on the sleeves, respectively, and arms 7 and 10, pivoted to said wings, respectively, and to each other, the arms 10 having just beyond their connection with the arms 7 concavities and shoulders with which the latter arms are adapted to engage, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a Wire-supporting reel, the combination of the base 1, standard 2, sleeves 3 and 4 on the standard, and arms 7, pivoted at their lower ends to the sleeve 3 and pivoted near their upper ends to the arms 10, said arms 10 pivoted at their inner ends to the sleeve 4 and having shoulders 12, against which the arms 7 come in contact and thus limit their outward movement, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the base 1, standard 2, sleeves 3 and 4 on said standard, and arms 7 and 10, pivoted to said sleeves, respectively, and to each other, said arms 10 havinga concave portion 15 just beyond their fulcrums 9, in which a coil of Wire may rest-,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the base 1,standard 2, sleeves 3 and 4 on said standard, and arms 7 and 10, pivoted to said sleeves, respectively,

and to each other, said arms 7 bei curved inwardly at their upper free ends in order that a coil of Wire may be readily passed over the same, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

VINFIELD S. LIVENGOOD. \Vitnesscs:

J AS. E. KNIGHT, WM. MASTERS. 

